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Key messages
- On Wednesday 6 January, England entered a national lockdown. This means you must stay at home, protect our NHS and save lives. See full details on the Gov.uk website.
- On Wednesday 13 January, a new community testing centre will open at the Friendship Café on Painswick Road, Gloucester. Early detection is the key to stopping COVID spreading within a community. Gloucester City currently have high levels of COVID cases.
The testing being offered use Lateral Flow Devices, which are designed for people not showing any symptoms (asymptomatic), but want to have confidence that they are not unknowingly infecting family members or work colleagues. They give results within 30 minutes, which means anyone who does have the virus, can take action quickly to help protect others.
Due to the current national restrictions, these tests are mainly for those people who still need to go out for work or to fulfill caring responsibilities
- Look out for our lamppost signs reminding people that COVID cases continue to rise. If you spot one, please post on social media and tag us to help raise awareness that we must not give up and we will get through this together.
- #DoitforGloucestershire. We are continuing to push out videos of people who have been affected by COVID-19. Please do follow our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels, and share content on your own platforms. We are also looking for people who have sadly lost people to COVID and would be happy to share a photo of their loved one to highlight the impact this has had on them. If you have a story to share, or you know someone who has, please contact communications@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Mobile Testing Unit (MTU) locations⁶:
- Stow RFC, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1JJ (7 January)
- Sudeley Castle, Castle Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5JD (7 January)
- Sudeley Castle, Castle Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5JD (8 January)
- Cinderford RFC, Dockham Rd, Cinderford GL14 2AQ (8 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (9 January)
- Hartpury University & Hartpury College, Gloucester, GL19 3BE (9 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (10 January)
- Hartpury University & Hartpury College, Gloucester, GL19 3BE (10 January)
- Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Stratford Road, Stroud, GL5 4AF (11 January)
- Tewkesbury RFC, Gander Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 5PG (11 January)
- Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JS (12 January)
- Cheltenham North RFC, Stoke Orchard Road, Bishops Cleeve, GL52 7DG (12 January)
- Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JS (13 January)
- Cheltenham North RFC, Stoke Orchard Road, Bishops Cleeve, GL52 7DG (13 January)
- Stow RFC, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1JJ (14 January)
- Sudeley Castle, Castle Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5JD (14 January)
- Dursley Rugby Club, Hounds Green, Dursley GL11 6AJ (15 January)
- Sudeley Castle, Castle Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5JD (15 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (16 January)
- Hartpury University & Hartpury College, Gloucester, GL19 3BE (16 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (17 January)
- Hartpury University & Hartpury College, Gloucester, GL19 3BE (16 January)
National updates
- National lockdown: Stay at Home
- COVID-19 alert level: update from the UK Chief Medical Officers
- New SARS-CoV-2 variant
- Over 600,000 people get first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
- Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine authorised by UK medicines regulator
- Priority groups for coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination: advice from the JCVI, 30 December 2020
- £4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs
- COVID-19: Guidance for the safe use of council buildings
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Your questions answered
To make sure your questions get answered promptly by the team, please continue to send your questions directly to democratic.services@gloucestershire.gov.uk
¹ The above data reflects nationally published data available here.
² This section contains information on deaths of patients who have died in hospitals in Gloucestershire and had tested positive for Covid-19 at time of death or where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. All deaths are recorded against the date of death rather than the date the deaths were announced. It is based on national NHS data published here.
³ Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales for which data are available. From 31 March 2020 these figures also show the number of deaths involving coronavirus (Covid-19), based on any mention of Covid-19 on the death certificate. Figures by place of death may differ to previously published figures due to improvements in the way we code place of death. This figure does not include deaths of those resident outside England and Wales or those records where the place of residence is either missing or not yet fully coded. For this reason counts may differ to published figures when summed. Bank Holidays could affect the number of registrations made within those weeks.
⁴ Care homes vary in size and in the characteristics of their residents. Outbreak data is also being reported publicly here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/covid-19-number-of-outbreaks-in-care-homes-management-information. The figures here are slightly lower than our local figures due to a time lag. The number of cases (confirmed or suspected) has not been reported due to limitations in data accuracy which means comparison is not possible. This information is being used for operational purposes. As testing in care homes increases we will review whether adding this information will add additional strategic insight.
⁵ CQC publish figures on deaths where Covid-19 was suspected in the notification from the care home, as well as all cause mortality (since 10 April 2020). It is probable that not all deaths due to Covid-19 will be notified as such, conversely Covid-19 may be mentioned but not have been a contributory factor in a death). While CQC numbers are more comprehensive than local reporting, they are not currently reported by district council.
⁶ Please note that there is a possibility of last minute changes if the MTU’s are diverted to assist with outbreak control both in this county or elsewhere.
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